Inside VagusFest

Inside VagusFest

Author: Functional Forum July 24, 2024 Duration: 43:14

VagusFest launched in spring 2024, and Dr. Kelly Livingston took the concept and ran with it, creating a sucessful event that engaged her local community members. Dr. Livingston joins this podcast episode to share her experience applying James Maskell's VagusFest model in Darien, Connecticut.

The VagusFest model enables local practitioners to host local community events that demonstrate to local attendees the power of vagal toning, and indirectly, the benefits of lifestyle, functional, or integrative medicine. Functioning as a promotional event for local clinics, VagusFest addresses a public relations issue for functional medicine, which is that the general perception that patients must invest significant time into their health journey before seeing results. VagusFest hosts can showcase how their approach to medicine offers immediate benefits through direct experience at the event.

Download and listen to the episode to hear more about:

  • Reasons for practitioners to prioritize nervous system regulation in their practices.
  • Dr. Livingston's favorite resources on vagal toning, including books by Deb Dana and Stanley Rosenberg.
  • Challenges and successes of previous VagusFest events.
  • The value of group medicine and community engagement.

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